DRAFT DOCUMENT

This is a draft document supplied by the WCAG Techniques Task Force. It in no way represents a
WCAG Working Group consensus or agreement and is provided for informational and discussion purposes only.
The accessibility test listed below should not be construed as required for conformance with the
proposed WCAG2.

HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0Test 92 - All select elements do not cause an extreme change in context.

Prerequisite Tests

Test Process

Procedure

Examine the onchange handler for any action that will cause the page to reload or cause an extreme change of context.

Actions that will cause the page to reload or cause an extreme change of context may be variations of one of the following JavaScript statements:

form.submit();

window.location.href = uri;

elementElsewhereOnThePage.focus();

(@@other examples??)

Expected Results

All select elements do not cause an extreme change in context.

Fail Instructions

Remove the onchange attribute from the select element or modify the event handler so it does not cause a page reload or extreme change of context.

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.

Test Files

These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test.
They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test.
Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.